Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-14
uovNeed for a Church to Build Itself
Ju by Drawing from Other
Religions Bodies.
p,cru,t from the Army Of Skeptics All
Ibouf Processing Christians and
Save Their Souls.
churches should Be Lifo-saving Stations
Ready. TO Send succor to the Dis
trssssd ana Sinful.
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than 81 any '-N@-N
chs church, and greater numbers g
sw.v not able to get in. Led by corne
nd organ The congregation sang witt
crest power the hymn:
The morning light is breaking,
The darkness disappears,
The sons of men are waking
To penitential tears,
The Rev. T. Dewitt Telmage, D. D.
,o.5 and explained passages of Scripture
Concerning the dawn of universal righte.
orsnesg. The subject Of his sermon was
GGrnoccupied Fields" and the text from
ponqus. chapter Xv., 90: "Lest should
Lid noon another mans foundation
Dr., Talmage ssid:
Stirring reports come from sll parts o!
Americs showing what
A GREAT WORK
.be churches of Gcd are doing, and l con
gTgfnIase them and their pastors. Mig
snnrehensions have been going the rounds,
saving that the outside benevolences Of
t6is particular church are neglected,
Whenthe fsct is inst large sums of money
are being raised IN various ways by this
church for ali styles Of good objects, not
slweys through the boards Of our own
denomination. This church was built by
sill denominations OF Christians and by
many sections of this land end other
lands, and that obligation hss led US to
raise money fer many objects not con-
nected with our denomination, and this
accounts for the fact that we have not
regularly contributed to all the boards
commended. But rejoice in that you
bsYe done as O church e magnificent
work, and an grateful that we have
received during the year by the comics
sion Of faith in Christ 725 souls, which
fsct mention not in Boosting, but in de-
tense OF this church, showing it has been
our aCcessiOns have been from the out
side world, so that, taking the idea of
my text, we have not been building on
other peoples foundations. -
In laying out the plan of his missionary
tour Paul sought out towns and cities
that had not yet been preached to. He
goes to Corinth, city mentioned for its
splendOr and vice, and Jerusalem, where
the priesthood and the Sanhedrim were
ready to leap
WITH BOTH FKET
upon the Christian Religion He feels he
has especial WORK to dc, and he means to
do 1t. What vas tue result? The grand
est life Of usefulRess Ffhst man ever
lived. We modern Christian workers are
not apt TO initiate Paul. We build on
other peoples foundztipns. II we erect
church we prefer TO hsEe it filed with
families all oizEhom have been plous.
Do We gather s Saobath- school class, we
want good boys and girls, nA5r combed,
faces washed, manners. attrsEf4xe. So q
church in this day Is apt to be buff6astof
other churches. Some ministers spend
al their time in sshingin othsr peoples
ponds, and they threw- the line into that
church pond snd&jerk out s1Tethodist,
and throw the line into another church
pond and bring OFT q Presbyterian, or
there is 8 rsfgiahg row in some
neighooriag sehuFchSoand "a Whole
school OF Silsh s8fIev Of from
mai pond Jand ne take them sl in with
one sWeepc CT me net. Whist is gained2
Absolutely nothing for the general cause
Oh CATist.Ml Is is eaiy IS IN an army, when
sregimenfgs transferred from one al
vision toa1ethers from the Tennessee to
the Potomac.
WHAT strepgt6ells the army is new re-
cruits; What9 hsve always desired is
thss #Thlle we are courteous to those
eomhg from other focks, we build our
onqfsh not out OF other churches, but
oaf.of the world, lest we build on another
nan's foundation. The fact is, this is Il
Dig WQEld. When, in our schooIboy days,
We learned the diameter and circumfer-
ence OF this planet, we,did not learn half.
IL Is the latitude, and longitude, and diam
eter and circumfeHhce OF want, ardswoe
and sin that ros figures can calculate.
Hnis one spiritual Continent Of wretChed-
ness reaches scrOssssH zones, SD if
were called to- give It's geographical
boundary, would Say If Is Bounded on
tae north, and south, ana east and west
~ the great hessk of Gods sympathy and
lCVe' Oh. ii is q great world. Since 6
O'CLOCK this morB9Ag $4,000 persons have
1een born, and al shSse multiplied popu-
"a hu 10 are to be reached of the Gospel.
IN England, or in our eastern American
cities, We are s
=. "a acre Of ground is a great vulue,
west 500 acres is a smaN farm,
ny ~, EulU0O eePes is 80 unusuSl Rossessior.
l asre is-alyEst field here and everywhere
go :cupieH, plenty of room mora, not
saIl 1tg on another mans foundation.
..see need as churehes to stop bombsrd-
seg Inc old, iron-clad sinners thst nave
y. zen proof sgslnst5hirty years 81 Chris
.lAn assault. Alas &or that church which
lAeks ne spirit cf eRGpgeIismyl spending
On one Chandelier enough to- light 900
SouIs 10 glory, and in yene cSrved BEaar
enough to have made efh9usend fRsa
. y 2 the house eff our God foreYsF."
a aHu cong less good than many.Aa Mg-
Ssots meeting house, with tallow candles
Z, ssues IN wooden sockets and a minis1ef
y ssuV mas never seen q collage or knoR1
&c flferenee between Greet and Chec-s
sw Weneed as churehes 30 get into
= ~ hAthy With the greaz ouaside world
Ia a-I, iet shem know taak koneS are SO
=, ghsoAen-nearte6- or hardy besteSds that
MY VIII notsbsSWsieSmei No. Saws
> iSsndieps Chrestisn,AsI daTt like
" oe crowded " church. Boat put anv
Jne II ny pews NV brother, what will
1oQ DO IN heavsn? When 8 great muIti-
. LUZ 81 no man can number assemblies
~, ,.s Nth put ffty in your nsw. Whist
~ = e.e ssiectfew To- day assoc Bed in the
,..s,isIiah Churches compared With the
, ,,,ss.ae5 millions outside Of them? Eight
S. -sS 5on thousand in BROOKLYN, bat less
I, "a :. AVu,Vu0 in the churcAeSs Many
us. 4 We churches are liks,at pitsl that
-, 40 "a eaPerti5e that its pstsknts must
a,re notnlng worse than todtnsche or
'un-reunds,r but
no BROKEN HEADS,
y S;, erQ8hed ankles, n0atracturef iss;.s,hhsss
I've Us 1or treatment n1pderste sisEeFs,
,yII Nv sinners 4nd sl1iaers with
I sSrS On; tbs as theaah s. nan had
ne. y. VI oVo0 acres rs put sIt dis work on
49,. he mss rise FsIsFSr SO large